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(43) Date of publication: 25.10.2023 Bulletin 2023/43 (21) Application number: 21907796.3 (22) Date of filing: 16.12.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61B 18/00(2006.01) A61B 8/00(2006.01) A61N 7/00(2006.01) A61B 18/14(2006.01) A61B 34/10(2016.01) A61N 7/02(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A61B 18/14; A61B 18/00; A61N 7/02; A61B 2017/00752; A61B 2090/373; A61B 2017/00769; A61B 2017/00774; A61B 2090/378; A61B 2034/2048; A61B 2090/395; A61B 2034/2055; A61B 2034/2051; A61B 2034/2061; A61B 34/20; A61B 8/4494; A61B 8/4444; A61B 8/4281; B06B 1/0292; B06B 1/0629; B06B 1/0215; B06B 2201/76; A61B 2018/00476; A61B 2018/0047; A61B 2018/00547; A61B 2018/00577; A61B 2018/00005; A61B 2018/00023; A61B 2018/00994; A61N 2007/0034; A61N 2007/0078; A61N 2007/0052; A61N 2007/027; A61N 2007/0086; A61N 2007/0095; A61B 2018/00047; A61B 2018/00327; A61B 2018/00904; A61B 2018/0016 (86) International application number: PCT/US2021/063743 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/133054 (23.06.2022 Gazette 2022/25)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 16.12.2020 US 202063126078 P 01.06.2021 US 202163195292 P 06.12.2021 US 202163286161 P (71) Applicant: Orchard Ultrasound Innovation LLC Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (US)

(72) Inventors: KHURI-YAKUB, Butrus T. Palo Alto, California 94306 (US) IRWIN, III, John N. Greenwich, Connecticut 06831 (US) KHOURY-YACOUB, Andre T. Purchase, New York 10577 (US) FLAHERTY, J. Christopher Nottingham, New Hampshire 03290 (US) FLAHERTY, R. Maxwell Topsfield, Massachusetts 01983 (US) (74) Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB  Friedenheimer Brücke 21 80639 München 80639 München (DE)